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Prisoner name: Cornelius Jennings. Prisoner age: 30. Court and date of trial: Lancashire...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/168

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Cornelius Jennings. Prisoner age: 30. Court and date of trial: Lancashire... dating from 1834 Jan in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/99/168
Date
1834 Jan
Description

Prisoner name: Cornelius Jennings.

Prisoner age: 30.

Court and date of trial: Lancashire Quarter Sessions, Salford, January 1834.

Crime: Assault on Elizabeth Staly, a child between seven and eight years, with intent to rape, on 12 December 1833.

Initial sentence: Six months imprisonment.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): 30 inhabitants of Manchester and Salford.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good character; malicious prosecution.

Other papers: Letter from the Reverend Samuel Walter of Salford forwarding the petition.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Ss 49
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16470785/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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